1972 Vincentian general election
7 April 1972
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13 seats in the House of Assembly 7 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 42,707 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 75.61% ( 6.94pp) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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General elections were held in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on 7 April 1972. The result was a tie between the People's Political Party and the Saint Vincent Labour Party, which both won six seats. Despite being a former member of the SVLP (which had received a majority of the public vote), the sole independent MP James Fitz-Allen Mitchell formed a government with the PPP. Voter turnout was 75.6%.